September 3, 2012

Taylored Expressions Sneek Peek | Day 1

At Taylored Expressions we are celebrating our 4th Birthday and you’re invited to our Birthday Bash!

All of the new products will be available for purchase on Thursday, September 6th at 8am PST. You'll find it all in the Fresh out of the Oven Department.

Sneak peeks Monday through Wednesday and the party continues with spotlights Thursday and Friday - lots of inspiration!

Check the Current Specials
on Thursday morning to find out how you can earn a FREE Belated
Birthday A la Carte stamp or a FREE You Take the Cake full-size stamp
set. Birthday Bash Specials will award you FREE stamps with purchases
over $50 and over $150.

2 WAYS TO WIN!

You Take the Cake Contest Go to Taylor's blog to get all the details on how you can win two stamp sets of your choice
by guessing which illustrator contributed each image in our You Take
the Cake Sampler Set.

Join us on Facebook
for an early reveal of all the new stamp sets Wednesday night beginning
at approximately 6 pm PST. Leave comments during the party for a chance
to win one of the gift certificates we’ll be giving away!

This is such an exciting release - TE has 17 new stamp sets releasing later this week! Plus another 7 dies & die set combos - there is so much to show you, we are extending our usual 4-day peeks into 5 days!

You may recognize this cute image - it is a previously released stamp and the Baker's Dozen is giving you a peek at both the new Belated Birthday a la Carte stamps as well as the much loved a la cartes currently in the TE Store. I stamped him in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored him with Copic Markers. After stamping the sentiment over the sheep & star image, I cut the whole thing out with a Circle Spellbinders Die.

I decorated the inside as well -

I stamped the sheep again, omitting the shooting star and then stamped the other sentiment at the top of the panel, giving enough room for a personal note.

Here are all of the adorable Belated Birthday images -

Here is the fun part! You will get one Belated Birthday a la Carte FREE with a $50 purchase through Monday, September 10th!!

Next up is a new set, You Take the Cake. This is the very first compilation set featuring 15 images and sentiments from all of the TE illustrators - Doug Applegate, Nancy McKinney, Emily Burger, Jessie Oleson and Taylor Van Bruggen.

This set will not be available for purchase until October, but you and earn it for FREE with any purchase of $150.

I started by stamping the image in Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and colored it with Copic Markers. I used some Hootenanny 6x6 Paper from My Mind's Eye for the background papers and then made my own background with the new Curly Border Die in Choice Snow White Card Stock and then fussy cut the image out and popped it up over the background with Foam Tape. I cut out some flag banners and stamped the HB2U on the kraft, then tied a yellow ribbon around the Basic Buckle Die for a fun embellishment. The layout is Jen Shults' DS66.

Please stop on over to Taylor's Blog for all the fun details on how you can earn your freebies and don't forget to check out what the Baker's Dozen whipped up for you today -

Karen - wow - I love the way you colored that little sheep. Might seem like a simple thing, but I'm very intrigued! I love that image and you kicked it up a notch! On your second card, that curly background on the dark cardstock is so cute and clever!

i ♥LOVE♥ your cards! you are such an incredibly NEAT and precise stamper... and your coloring is amazing!!! i like how you decorate the inside of your cards, as well, such a nice touch; i'd've never thought of doing a sort of "watermark" image of the same stamp... but what a fabulous effect! ♥

Wow, I love both your cards Karen! Your colouring on the sheep is fantastic!! On the birthday card I adore the way you used the curly border die and LOVE that little embellishment flower/bow thing-a-ma-jig! You always have such bright and cheery cards and your papers are always perfect!

Oh my Karen! So much fabulous-ness I don't know where to start! Your sheep actually looks furry... so cool that you did all that with Copics! And I love your bday card with the curly border in the background of the image panel!